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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
County 11ems.
BRISTOL.


NJ. w. Wilson of the Herald is still
quite sick
DR.. j. b. O'Neill of Boston is in town
for a few weeks.
Remember the dance at the CONNER
cial House, February %,
Quite a number of our citizens have
gone to Burlington this week.
Col. Copeland speaks at lIolley hall
next Saturday evening; subject, "What's
to lIinder?'
1t is reported that DR.. f. G.. Prime has
sold his house and practice to DR.. Bogue
of Monkton.
\ subscription paper is being circulated
for the purpose of procuring new instru-
ments and drums for the new band.
The remains of young man named
Jones, who died in the asylum at Brattle-
boro, were brought to Lincoln for burial
Tuesday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
WHITING.

Mrs. Charles Rich is sick and confined
to her bed.
James Wilton cut his foot badly in the
swamp, one lay last week.
Lewis Bisette, ST., is very sick and
one of his boys is also. They are under
the care of lr. Porter.
DIR. A. +. Woodland of Brandon was
called to counsel with DR.. w. p. Wright
here in townlast week.
The social event of the season was the
reception of Mr.. and Mrs. +. w. Baker,
at the Baker homestead, on Thursday
evening last, That genial natures al
ways bring bout them host of friends
was well demonstrated on that occasion
There was a very large attendance, moi
only of neigibors, but of friends from
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
New HAVEN.
Colds are quite prevalent.

Colds are quite prevalent.
The returns of the vital statistics of
this town for 1856 show 20 births and -
deaths.
Mrs. Paul Wetherbee, who has been
very sick with pneumonia, is reported as
improving.
Rumor says that DR.. Henry IIickok of
Orange, n. j., will occupy the pulpit
next Sunday.
! VIM. NJ. Partch has received the asso-
cations elegant silver medal for the best
stallion exhibited at the late State fair. q
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson was buried from
the residence of her son, Mr.. James VIII
son, last Sunday afternoon, Prof. Wager
of Middlebury college conducting the
services.
Prof. Wager occupied the desk in the
forenoon last Sunday, speaking very ably
and interestingly upon 1.-The Old and the
New" Rev. Mr.. Sargent did not eX-
change with the professor, as was an
nounccd last week. but spent the Sab
bath at Sherbrooke. Pc.
The remains of Mrs. Abbott, mother of
Orrin Dickinson of this town. were taken
last Sunday to Weybridgc, and funeral
services were held at the Wesleyan
church, Rev. Mr.. Quay officiating. Mrs
Abbott died ut the home of Mrs. JOIN
Harrington, "A neice of hers, who hat
been caring for her during her last i'll
ness
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
FOREIGN.

Philip Bourllc Marston, the poet. novel
ist and essayist, is dead.
Prince Bismarck thinks the French
preparations for war gives Germany
cause to be on the qui vive.
An explorer, Macarthur by name. has
started from Winnipeg northward. in
hopes of reaching the pole. Americans
sustain him in his enterprise, it is said.
SPANS first international exhibition
will be held at Barcelona September 10.
Antonio Cuyas of New York is the rep
resentative of the exhibition for the Uni
ted States.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
SHOREHAM.

Charles NJ. Ward of New York city
visited friends in town two or three days
last week.
Miss Nellie Nottingham returned home
last Friday night, having been absent
Manchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Corey celebrated
their tenth wedding anniversary last
Wednesday evening, Feb. o. About "A
hundred persons gathered at their house
on the occasion and left substantial re-
membranes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
j. W. DORSEY
Middlebury, VT, Feb. 5, 1887.
THE FARMERS MEETING AT SHOREHAm

The farmers meeting held at Shore
ham, by or under the direction of the
State board of agriculture, Feb. and .,
was called to order by Hon. Henry Lane
of Cornwall, Il member of the board.
Mr.. Il. III. Holmes was chosen chairman
and Frank +. Douglas, secretary. Mr..
Lane then gave an address on 1.-The two
values of hay and grain" fed to farm
stock.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Lane
nutritive value of the different kinds of
food for stock-eXplaining their compo-
sition, etc. \ discussion followed. Mr.
Holmes asked the speaker his opinion in
regard to feeding oat straw and cotton
seed meal. Mr.. Lane favored Il mixture,
because straw is deficient in protene, but
rich in carbohydrates and cottonseed
meal is rich in proteine and contains but a
small percent of carbohydrates. Mr..
Lane said that the larger and older an
animal is the more food as rule is re-
quired to make II pound of growth. and
consequently he advocated feeding for
early maturity. In reply to James
Forbes question a. To what kind of grain
he preferred to iced calves and yearlingS
or young cattle, the speaker answered,
pea. linseed and cotton-Seed meal. +. b.
Douglas asked about cob-meal as food.
Mr. Lane thought it good fed with heav-
Ter foods to tighten them. Mr.. Peet of
Cornwall said he had killed Il number of
calves by feeding them cotton-seed meal.
+. b. Douglas did not think feeding cot
ton-seed meal to COWS injured the quality
of butter.
At the evening session Prof. Deering
gave an able and excellent address upon
the subject of Forestry in New England,
after which Mr.. Peet was called upon to
tell about tree-planting in the West. He
stated that their growth was very rapid
there, In reply to Mr.. Douglas ques-
ton, Prof. Deering said he thought that
a tree would live longer where it grew
from the seed if allowed to remain than
if it be transplanted.
The second day-Tuesday' rain-clouds
having rolled away-was bright and
beautiful. A good degree of interest eX-
listed and the attendance was large. +. B..
Douglas of Shoreham read paper on
clarifying" etc, after which Mr.. Davis
of Westminster interested and instructed
those present with an address upon SIN
dian corn culture" l.. w. Peet read a
paper leading a discussion of the same
subject. lie related an instance of corn
mixing at a distance of l20 rods.
The afternoon session was opened by a
valuable paper on "Oat raising" read
by L. w. Peet, the usual discussion en-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18

20 cows Is 40 cents; for 30 days it
amounts to Sl2; for six months it is S72.
which is more than Cooley senior
creamer costs on the cream-gathering
plan for 20 cows. On Mr.. Douglas plan
something else must be provided for set
ting the milk before the factory opens in
the spring and after it closes in the fall.
On the Cooley plan every patron has his
creamer to use and needs to provide moth
ing else. He has the best there is.
In my former letter showed that Mr..
y. ID. Evarts' centrifugal factory at New
Haven paid only G9.23 cents per 100 lbs.
for milk for the season. Mr.. Evarts in
his letter to the Manchester Mirror of
Feb. says it took % II lbs. of milk
for pound of butter, equal to 1.33 lbs.
of butter per 100 lbs. of milk, which
amounts to a little less than lG cents per
lb. of butter, while Mr.. Douglas patrons
got IL - cents. Mr. Evarts writes in
the same line as Mr.. Douglas; he also
gives no records or complete reports. but
merely makes statements. several of
which know are incorrect. This seems
to be failing of Mr.. Evarts. Your
readers will remember that he was com
PEELED to admit before the Vt. Dairymcn's
association year ago that his statement
in reference to the Cooley crcamer i'm the
Mirror of last winter was not correct.
This year he says that Atwood q Jones
creamery at West Salisbury, conducted
on the whole-milk plan, using Cooley
creamcrs, required % lbs. of milk for a
pound Of butter. If he knows ANYTHING
about the facts he knows this statement
Is incorrect and also knows that it re-
quired less milk for Il pound of butter
than either of his centrifugal factories.
| will concede for this letter that it did
take % lbs. All but one dairy at that fac
tory contracted the milk at 50 cents per
100 lbs. for the season. This is equal to
20 cents per Id. for butter G lbs. to 100
lbs. of milk. This shows that Atwood
Il Jones patrons get - per cent more
per lb. for their butter than Mr.. Evarts'
patrons.
Now, if we reckon it Just as it is. with
out any false statements or miSrepresen-
tations, Mr.. Evarts' patrons got for the
season G9.23 cents per 100 lbs of milk.
while Atwood 81 Jones patrons got 50
cents, or II ID per cent the most.
Mr. Evarts forgot to mention in his
letter that it required 2G - lbs. of milk
for pound of butter at the Wevbridge
centrifugal factory last season. He for
got also to say the months when there is
the largest quantity of milk Atwood &
Jones were paying their patrons 50 cents
per 100 lbs. while all Of the centrifugal
factories, so far as patrons have report
ed. were paying for May. 50 cents to 20
cents: June, 60 to % conts: July. 60 to
20 cents. 1t does not seem to me that
Atwood Il Jones patrons need to feel
very badly over this. 1t does seem to
me, however, that the patrons of Messrs.
Douglas and Evarts want to investigate
and see if they are doing aS well as the
patrons of the Cooley factories.
Yours truly.
j. W. DORSEY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18

The band is to give an entertainment
and minstrel show at the town hall, Feb.
%, for their benefit
The Cornwall Debating society will
hold its next meeting at the town hall on
the evening of the DIST, beginning att so.
The members are requested to meet in
the upper hall at 6 o'clock for II business
meeting, and a full attendance is reques-
ted. The programme for the evening is {;
Song by Miss \. b. Carr; defamation,
Geo. Williamson; reading, Miss Mary
Brown; defamation, L. G.. Easton; song,
Miss Emma Lawrence. and discussion of
the question, "ReSolced, That the mental
faculty of woman is equal to that of
man." The disputants will be Frank f.
Foot affirmative, and |. O. Benedict,
negative; colleagues, Chauncey Ward
and Dan'l Austin. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
State )leps.

The Vermont Sons of Temperance will
hold their annual session at Bradford,
February % and ~.
Since Thanksgiving there have been 81
snow-storms in Pittsiord. and over SO
inches of snow has fallen.
Rev. Joseph Boardman was struck by
ii traverse at Barnet last week, and had
his leg broken and his head wounded.
Rev. James Spinney, -, a retired Meth
odist clergyman, dropped dead of heart
disease at Mortified the other day.
There are 300 people in the neighbour
hood of Bennington engaged in gather
ing spruce gum for three dealers in that
place.
Mrs. Stannard has presented the Grand
Army emblem which the general wore to
Adutant W. c. Schroeder of Stannard
Post, Burlington.
There were 800 births in Burlington
last year, outnumbering the deaths by
lbs. \ third of the deaths were of child
rem under one year of age.
Henry Tewksbury of West Randolph,
who was hurt in the Hartford accident,
has been obliged to cancel between 20
and so lecture engagements.
At the convention in New York of the
American Agricultural and Dairy asso-
citation, o. NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret was
chosen vice-president from Vermont.
Gerry Eggleston, 30, at Waterbury
Monday fell from beam in his barn upon
wagon stake. which went through his
thigh, and died of lock-aw soon after.
No liquors have been sold mt the Rut-
land town agency since b. ii. Woolley,
the agent. was sent to the House of Cor
recton. The liquors belonging to the
town are locked up.
William Bridges, y years old, of Graf
, ton, attempted suicide Friday morning
by driving lie with hammer into his
left side, making four wounds, which
will probably prove fatal.
Itit w IN. ulllt III ltliblt'N'
badly hurt in the Hartford railway acct
dent, says that his injuries are only
slight. He states that the railroad otli-
cals treated MIN kindly and fairly.
The Billings library of the university
of Vermont is to be enlarged to give space
for reading rooms and Il reference library
The plan of enlargement has been accept
ed, and the work will be commenced al
once.
The Vermont Marble company have d
large force of men at West Rutland un
covering a new marble quarry near the
old Clement opening. The company are
also opening new quarry on the ole
Ridlon farm in Clarendon.
Events at Bennington have resulted il
the organization of law and order league
composed of about 200 business men an(
manufacturers, bound to enforce tn,
prohibition law. One large seizure ha'
already been made under their direction
The British parliament last July pass
ed an act giving to the medical graduate
of the university of Vermont the privi
lege of registration "a physicians ant
surgeons and the right to practice medi
cine in any part of Great Britain or it
provinces without further examination
provided they are not British subjects.
t Rev. George w. Perry, pastor of st
/ Paul's Universalist church, Rutland
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18

many are suffering from severe colds in
consequence.
I. A. johnson of Cambridge, Ohio,
bought carload of sheep and started for
home with them on Tuesday morning.
He was assisted by II. E. Taylor, whose
guest he was while in town.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
DONE

Brown bread poisoned forty people at
lIolyoke. Mass, quite severely and corn
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04
OkeeehObee Drainage.

Florida Farmer and FFIIit-GFowCF-
The recent report of the State Com
missioners ON the OBeechobee drainage
shows that one of the States greatest
natural resources is not being developed
i'm manner consistent with its impor-
lance and value.
The reported level of OkeechObee is
twenty-five feet above tide water If this
be true, it will permit the cutting of a
canal ten feet deep at the lake, and a
single grade of twelve feet from the lake
to tide water will give current in the
canal of nine miles an hour.
The drainage area from the southern
end of Okeechobee to the northern limit,
north of kissimmee. is 1862 townships,
and during the rainy season in this re-
gion the average rainfall in excess of
evaporation discharges into the southern
Everglades each "a hours a volume of
water equal to one inch in depth over
the entire area, to carry which requires,
at current of miles an hour, a canal
1 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep. As it
is impracticable to cut a canal of that
width, it will require 20 canals so feet
wide and 10 feet deep, cut on a grade of
II feet from the lake to tide water.
An analysis of the vegetable deposits
of this region with their underlying beds
plain figures to be from 800 to 81 900
per acre.
If Mr.. III. DisstOn and his colleagues
have not the foresight, nerve, backing
and engineering skill necessary to con-
quer this indispensable region, let them
stand aside and give place to the CAPT
tai of the country, which is ever ready
to embark in guaranteed paying enter
prises.
The youth of to-day will live to see
that vast terra iRcogRitd, the Everglades,
| cut up by steam dredges into islands, ON
whose surface steam engines using cable
worked plows, cultivators and gathering
| devices, will produce crops of sugar cane
| that will astonish the world, to say moth
| ing about bananas, potatoes, corn, cab
bage, etc, and every foot of that vast
region above storm tide will yield its
great fertility to support the human fam
/ ily. EXPERT.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04

The following is good story and true
to life Five well known jacksonville
gentlemen, who concluded wisely to Sc
clude themselves temporarily from the
seductions of TognTs and Bettelini's. re-
Gently selected a place on Indian Riv. r
as their sanitarium. The house was rent
ed partially furnished. but had been oc-
cupied for some time. Sending their ne
gro cook to a neighboring store after
necessary groceries the party repaired to
their Bachelors hall and taking posses-
sion seated themselves in the main room
to await his return. 1t was a Ian.stIid
Jay and they Were too tired TO talk
.,ach. Tney fell to musipg on the cpl
cl.rean delights of the past They
dreamed of the Queen CITY of Florida
and her enchanting princesses. her free
lunches and her overlooking schooners.
Suddenly one of them raised his eyes.
AMI CHANGING into slim corner behind
the door solemnly and silently drew his
feet Tap and placed them on the edge of
his chair seat. He said nothing because
he did not know. He could not tell
whether it was real or phantasy born
of the BetteIiini water motor which
runs the fans in the hall, ornamented
with cut glass objects, whose contents
are rainbow hued. He bad been fooled
before. a second glanced likewise into
the corner. Stealtbily he drew his feet
up also aud said nothing. \ third, fourth
aud fifth. with the same furtive glance,
followed suit"
There sat the five, presenting a singu-
lar and comical appearance. 1t was a
pantomime in one act never eXcelled on
the stage. A photograph of the group
would have made an artists fortune.
Numbered up in Their chairs with their
feet draw up they far exceeded in bur
lesque dignity Peruvian mumm es from
the tombs of the Incas. Five
pairs of eyes glanced not at
each other in serene friendship,
or eveh steaithily. All We're turned To
one focus which seemed moving more
centrally. Not limb stirred: not
word was uttered. In came the cook.
BLESS de Lawd! Gemmen-' astonished.
Fore God, what a snake he ejacu-
lated with CREATE astOnishment, and
dropping his canned goods he picked up
an old broOme handle and frailed six
foot RATHER to death.
II say, boys" said Col. -. putting
his feet down with n sigh of relief, fol-
lowed by the four others. I'm id
glad that's snake which can be skinned.
You fellows will he bigger fools than
you looked if you give this performances
away" The reason why no one had
spoken before can be easily guessed. 1t
WIS not what they thought.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04
FRIGHTENED BY PILLS.
Curious story Told by Man Charged
with Cruelty to Animals
Puila,lelphia Press

with Cruelty to Animals
Philadelphia Press.
Bartholomew Burnett, a middle-aged
man living in Bellevue. was before Mag
istrate Durham. yesterday. charged with
cruelty to a dog.
The complainant was Sarah w. Camp
bell. a neighbor. She charged that oh
Monday the accused brutality kicked a
shepherd dog belonging to her.
Il didn't intend to hurt the animal,
said Burnett in his defense, ''but | was
frantic with fear"
What frightened YOU asked the
maGistrs be.
and bitten by rattlesnake in Pike
County," answered the prisoner. THE
wound healed. but since then, AT irreSu-
lar periods, I've suffered from attacks of
nervousness.
what has that got to do with kick
ing the dog" inquire the court.
I'm coming to that" said the prison
er. ION Monday last l was in a clump
of wood near my home, gathering wild
| flowers. when suddenly l was startled
by the sound of rattle. 1t was identi-
cal with that which | had heard i'm Pike
County, and / stood rooted to the spot.
The noise ceased and l began walking
slowly in the direction of the road. In
n moment | heard the rattle again: this
time close to me. | fled i'm terror. The
| sound increased Notwithstanding that |
seemed to be fairly flying over the
ground. l was afraid to look behind,
and ran to my house. just as l was about
dashing up the steps of my house this
woman's dog got in front OF me and be
gan barking. Unconscious of what L
was doing, / kicked the dog out Of my
way"
what became of the snake:" asked
the court.
1T wasn't a snake, after ALL sheep
| ishly answered Burnett. You see, ON
Sunday l bought box of fever pills and
placed them IN the tail pocket of my
coat. l had forgotten that they We're
there and the rafting of the pellets in
the box produced the sound that / mis-
too0for the rattle of snake
There was such a tone of sincerity in
| the prisoners statement that he was dis
charged. Neighbors of the man testified
that they had seen him dash along the
road to his house with a speed which
would have done credit to professional
| sprinter.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04
The Louisiana Quarantine System.

ilmt-s-DemOcraL-
When the Louisiana Board of Health
adopted the present quarantine system
there was, it will be remembered, some
little hesitation about it, a feeling of I'M
certainty in some circles. While having
full confidence in the board, a number
of merchants expressed the opinion that
it was at best but an experiment, and
that it was somewhat unsafe tai trust the
health of the city to an experiment.
The truth was that the Louisiana Board
was then. and has been since, the pioneer
in the field of quarantine, making GER
tain experiments to reach perfection;
and some timid people preferred the ex-
periments elsewhere
8The board. confident in the success of
its system, insisted on thoroughly test
ing it; and IL Is unnecessary to say that
the test was completely satisfactory, and
that New Orleans, despite the preva-
lence of epidemics around it. has been
preserved against even a whisper of sus-
picion.
1t enters on another season of quaran-
tine with its system fully tested, salts
factory to all and quieting all apprehen-
sions- As a matter of fact. the system
has been constantly improved from time
to time with the experience had, until it
was never so perfect as now. OF course,
in the experiments made, there have
been some unfortunate accidents-this is
to be expected in all new ideas-but the
losses have been small as compared with
the knowledge gained and the improve
ments made.
At present wearing apparel is sub
mitted to disinfection in a dry heat of
$50 and a moist heat of 230 degrees. con-
siderably above the boiling point This
is far greater heat than is required to
kill the germ and spores of disease, but
DIR. Holt very properly thinks that it
Will not do to take chances in so impor-
tant a matter, and that it is best to err.
if any error is made, on the side of
safety.
The disinfection service of the Missis-
sippi Quarantine Station is now more
perfect, complete and satisfactory than
it ever was before, destroying all germs
and spores: at the same time that the ar
ticles submitted to disinfection escape all
injury.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04
Death from an Orange Seed.

MIR. Henry Chetfield, of No. 116 Henry
street, Brooklyn, department superin-
tendent, employed by Messrs. T. X. Hor-
ton & Co, Brooklyn, died yesterday af-
ternoon, presumably from internal inju-
ries resulting from an orange seed which
he had swallowed.
He had suffered for some time from
inflammation, and finally liberation of
the bowels, the cause of which was OBJ
scure. As he had been in the habit of
eating freely of oranges, DIR. Gillian,
who attended him, suspected the pres
ence of an orange seed, and yesterday
morning an operation was performed as
the only possible means of relief. and the
only hope for life. The seed was found,
but the patient did not rally after the
operation, and died at four o'clock in the
afterdoon.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04

The vigorous measures of the National
health authorities cannot be applied to
the stamping out of the yellow fever I'M
til an appeal for assistance comes from
the State. Florida has no State board
of health which, by prompt measures,
could do much to stay the disease and
reassure the people. These boards
have done good service in States
north of this in times like these.
If the National authorities could do any
thing which the county and city Boards
of Health acting without concert can
not do, the State Government should not
be slow about taking advantage of their
aid. 1t is matter which concerns the
whole country as well as Florida.